Archivo etiqueta «Ucrania»
By Alyona Getmanchuk, director of the Institute of World Policy in Kiev (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 03/03/11):
In Wednesday’s IHT, two former American ambassadors to Kiev argued that Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich’s goal of integrating his country into the European Union was being undercut by his undemocratic actions. Alyona Getmanchuk, director of the Institute of World Policy in Kiev, joins the discussion.
After the first year of Viktor Yanukovich’s presidential term, it is possible to get the impression that Ukraine has been divided in two.
One Ukraine is the one presented by the president and his supporters. This Ukraine … Seguir leyendo
By Steven Pifer, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and William Taylor, a senior vice president at the U.S. Institute of Peace who served as the third and sixth U.S. ambassadors to Ukraine (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 02/03/11):
One of the proudest items on the wall of the U.S. ambassador’s office in Kiev from 2006-2009 was a world map showing the Freedom House ranking of free, not free and partly free countries around the world. Visitors could clearly see that Ukraine ranked as the only free country among the post-Soviet states.
Today, however, the Freedom House map … Seguir leyendo
By Douglas Southgate, a professor at Ohio State University and lead author of the forthcoming second edition of The World Food Economy, Wiley, Nov. 2010 (THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, 27/08/10):
Poor wheat harvests in Russia and Ukraine, along with devastating wildfires in Russia, have resurrected fears of a global food crisis. Some have blamed global warming for inducing a severe drought. But the real blame rests with poor agricultural performance over the long term in a region still hampered by communist experimentation. To react by banning exports, as Moscow has done and Kiev is considering, would be counterproductive. Combined … Seguir leyendo
By Viktor Tkachuk, a former deputy secretary of the national security and defence council of Ukraine, an advisor to three Ukrainian presidents and a former member of Ukrainian parliament (THE GUARDIAN, 22/08/10):
Ukraine is losing the right to call itself a democratic nation and is drawing into question any hope it has for EU membership any time soon. For even before campaigning starts ahead of local elections on 31 October there is speculation that the result is being manipulated. This is because a recent law prevents parties formed less than a year ago, and individuals standing independently, from participating.… Seguir leyendo
By Diederik Lohman, a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch (THE GUARDIAN, 18/07/10):
Thousands of people will be in Vienna this week for the 18th International Aids Conference. The theme is human rights, and the focus will be on eastern Europe. That’s fitting, because poor health policies and on-going human rights abuses continue to fuel an HIV/Aids epidemic across thousands of miles, from Vladivostok to Lviv in Ukraine.
Every year for the last 20 years, HIV has claimed thousands of lives in countries of the former Soviet Union, largely transmitted by drug injection.
Most of these deaths could … Seguir leyendo
By Alyona Getmanchuk, director of the Institute of World Policy in Kiev (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 01/07/10):
While Europeans are talking about how Ukraine has been “swallowed” by Russia, Hillary Clinton is making her first visit to Kiev as secretary of state. Her European tour will also include visits to Poland, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Some European experts might view Clinton’s visit as one to victims of the Russian-American “reset” (Poland, Georgia) or the Armenian-Turkish “reset” (Azerbaijan).
But not everything is as it might have seemed even a half year ago. Ukraine is a different country than it was … Seguir leyendo
By Sacha Tessier-Stall and Kateryna Zarembo, analysts at the International Center for Policy Studies in Kiev (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 20/05/10):
Doomsayers have been lamenting the West’s imminent “loss” of Ukraine for years, and the trend has only picked up since Viktor Yanukovich was elected president in February. In the recent signing of an agreement prolonging the lease of a Russian naval base in Crimea, they see proof of the new president’s desire to cement his country’s status as a Russian satellite.
They’re wrong. Sort of.
True, it’s a bad deal. In exchange for rebates on natural gas until … Seguir leyendo
By Andrew Wilson, a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and the author of “The Ukrainians: Unexpected Nation (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 20/05/10):
Dmitri Medvedev managed to get half-way through his presidency without ever visiting Kiev. That was before Viktor Yanukovich replaced the Kremlin’s bête noire, Viktor Yushchenko, as Ukrainian president in February. Since then, high-level meetings have taken place almost weekly, culminating in Mr. Medvedev’s state visit to Kiev this week. Mr. Medvedev has even taken to advertising his part-Ukrainian grandmother from Belgorod.
Mr. Yanukovich has now signed a huge number of agreements with … Seguir leyendo
Par Annie Daubenton, essayiste et ancienne correspondante à Kiev (LE TEMPS, 04/05/10):
Unanimement saluée pour ses progrès en matière de démocratisation (liberté d’expression, scrutins réguliers, émergence d’une société civile), l’Ukraine est en train de vivre, avec l’arrivée au pouvoir du nouvel élu, Viktor Ianoukovitch, l’évolution inverse. Le résultat de l’élection du 7 février dernier a été précipitamment salué par Bruxelles et Washington, et le nouveau chef d’Etat a reçu les félicitations du monde entier.
Très vite pourtant, ce dernier commet de nombreuses entorses constitutionnelles et devance les exigences du Kremlin qui surenchérit chaque jour. L’accord signé avec Moscou pour que … Seguir leyendo
Por Dmytro Vydrin, politólogo y vicesecretario del Consejo Nacional de Seguridad y Defensa de Ucrania (EL PAÍS, 25/02/10):
Es muy poco probable que el rumbo geopolítico de Víctor Yanukóvich como presidente de Ucrania dé un susto a Europa. Más bien todo lo contrario, ya que precisamente Yanukóvich puede ser el presidente que convierta en equilátero el triángulo Europa-Ucrania-Rusia, o dicho de otro modo, el que proponga a Europa y a Rusia reglas de juego correctas y, lo que es aún más importante, respetadas por Ucrania.
El primer argumento para confiar en una evolución positiva es psicológico. La primera ministra … Seguir leyendo
Por Timothy Garton Ash, catedrático de Estudios Europeos. Ocupa la cátedra Isaiah Berlin en St. Antony’s College, Oxford, y es profesor titular de la Hoover Institution, Stanford. Traducción de María Luisa Rodríguez Tapia (EL PAÍS, 15/02/10):
Ucrania no está perdida todavía. No hay duda de que es un vuelco asombroso el hecho de que Víctor Yanukóvich, cuyo fraude en las elecciones presidenciales ucranianas de 2004 desató la revolución naranja, haya sido elegido ahora presidente; pero no es el triunfo de una contrarrevolución azul. En todo caso, confirma que Ucrania está convirtiéndose en una democracia seria, en vez de la democracia … Seguir leyendo
By Steven Pifer, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution in Washington (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 10/02/10):
If Viktor Yanukovich, the winner of the presidential race in Ukraine, acts quickly to address his country’s pressing problems, he could move it out of the doldrums and cure the “Ukraine fatigue” afflicting Washington and most European capitals.
As Viktor Yushchenko exits the presidency, Ukraine faces a host of problems. It suffered a crushing 14 percent fall in gross domestic product in 2009. Unwise pricing policies and widespread corruption have put the critical gas sector … Seguir leyendo
Par Joschka Fischer, ex-ministre des Affaires étrangères allemand (LE TEMPS, 08/02/10):
La révolution, paraît-il, dévore presque toujours ses enfants. Cette citation est bien évidemment valable pour les «révolutions de couleur» – de Géorgie tout d’abord et d’Ukraine aujourd’hui – où le président sortant, Viktor Iouchtchenko, héros de la «révolution orange» en 2004, a été éliminé au premier tour de l’élection présidentielle il y a peu, avec moins de 6% des voix.
A ce stade, le printemps de liberté qui régnait sur l’Ukraine s’était déjà détérioré, son épanouissement atteignant le point mort, pour cause d’incompétence et de corruption mêlées, signes … Seguir leyendo
Par Florent Parmentier, politologue et diplômé de Sciences Po Paris (LE TEMPS, 21/01/10):
L’Ukraine fait figure d’«homme malade de l’Europe». Au sens littéral, c’est le pays qui a été le plus touché par l’épidémie de grippe A, avec plus de 300 victimes. Economiquement, elle n’est pas en meilleure santé: c’est bien d’un effondrement qu’il faut parler puisque le PIB a chuté de 18%, du fait de la chute de l’activité industrielle et des exportations d’acier, ainsi que des vulnérabilités du secteur financier. C’est dans ce contexte peu réjouissant que l’Ukraine élit son président. Si le précédent scrutin en 2004 … Seguir leyendo
Por Francisco Veiga, profesor de Historia Contemporánea de Europa Oriental y Turquía de la UAB (EL PERIÓDICO, 18/01/09):
La nueva guerra del gas entre Ucrania y Rusia ha sido una versión corregida y ampliada de otras dos crisis similares, acaecidas en enero del 2006 y el 2008; y ello no ha sido por casualidad. El nuevo incidente ha tenido lugar precisamente pocos días antes de que el próximo presidente norteamericano, Barack Obama, jure el cargo: todo ello lo convierte en uno más de los conflictos sonda o recordatorio en este mismo periodo, tal como lo es la destrucción del … Seguir leyendo